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24 alternatives to Ark

The largest people search engine

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ark launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   peoplegraph▲156

   The search engine for (finding) tech people

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   One Degree▲81

   The Human Search Engine

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   ǝlƃooפ▲269

   Flipping search on its head

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Leap.it▲76

   A visual search engine for the web

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hacker News Search▲92

   a faster hnsearch

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Search▲340

   The all in one search engine for PH, DN, HN and GitHub ✊

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Compfight▲76

   A Flickr photo search engine

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Pocket Explore▲351

   A human curated version of the web

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Tesse▲99

   A new interactive search engine with people as results

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Appcrawlr.com▲70

    The App Discovery Engine

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    searchcode▲75

    A source code search engine

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Product Hunt /jobs▲195

    Hire awesome people

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    namevine▲98

    Instantly Find Available Domains & Social Media Profiles

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    abiko▲72

    Tor Search Engine

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    ..▲106

    ..

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Burst▲84

    Search & discover on-demand services

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    TheNeeds▲64

    Discover the best of the web based on your interests

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    TechReporter▲96

    The day’s top tech headlines from across the web

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    MackerNews▲84

    Beautiful Readable Hacker News Articles

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Searchin▲75

    The sneaker search engine

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    CrowdHall▲55

    An online town hall

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    NerdyData▲93

    A Search Engine for Source Code

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    X-Ray Search Engine▲74

    Find more people/emails than ever before! (from sellhack)

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Voten▲73

    Social bookmarking for the 21st Century

    2017 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →